Watched a Siouxie and the Banshees documentary recently. Since Marco Pirroni was later in the Banshees(and Adam And The Ants) it was some stuff about his debut with The Models. Had to bring it home from my friend who’ve been keeping most of my records after my move. Sure Freeze isn’t bad but the hit is easily Man Of The Year. Slightly out of tune and sloppy. A step forward in 1977.
Country: UK
Year: 1977
Label: Step Forward
Format: 7″
Songs:
Freeze.mp3
Man Of The Year.mp3
Here’s more crazy tight high speed and raw punk for those of us who loves the early Uppsala bands like N-Liners, Rune Strutz and Rävjunk . Butter Utter did this legendary E.P. is 1977 and it’s pretty much a love it or hate it record, as well as one of the very few Swedish punky records from that year.
From what I’ve heard only 10 copies or so came with some kind of cover and/ or insert and I included photo copies of the 2 versions I’ve seen so you have something nice to look at while you do the pogo to this record. The last song (and pretty likely the title of the E.P.) is Javlarnas Jul (Christmas of the bastards) and what could be more appropriate than a title like that a few days before we celibrate yet another birthdays of Jesus? My christmas gift to you is to translate the words of wisedom on the label where the band let us know what kind of music they play (and it’s a damn fine genre as well): Trivial examination room rock without any future. Sug på den karamellen mina vänner!
Pay very close attention to the drums by the way as they shred every other drums ever recorded into tiny, tiny pieces.
Country: Sweden
Year: 1977
Label: Leonid Brezinev
Format: 7″
Songs:
Soho.mp3
Corn flakes.mp3
Plaster pa saren.mp3
Javlarnas jul.mp3
Here’s another one of those early Swedish almost punk releases that I know Erich will love. The raw and great production makes me wonder if it’s even possible to be more almost punk than this!
New Bondage did 3 7inches that are all pretty great in my opinion before they decided that it was more fun to sing in Swedish and changed their name to TT Reuter who did one great 7″ that was posted here when this site was still young and fresh. As I’m sure trumPeter won’t let me do a repost of that 7″ I demand him to do it soon!
Country: Sweden
Year: 1977
Label: CBSS
Format: 7″
Songs:
Shocked and defeated.mp3
Got no job.mp3
Funny story: Staffan Fagerberg drummer from Kurt i Kuvös(heard on Really Fast comps and the split with Headcleaners), Hux Flux, Crooks, Stajnas Lobos, fanzine maker and one of the guys behind Really Fast Records and little brother to Ola Fagerberg(bass in Kurt i Kuvös and Raped Teenagers) meets an american dude at work and they start chatting about punk rock. The american sez he played drums in an old american punk band: -Which band? -You´re probably never heard about them. Anyway we where called The Avengers. Of course he heard about The Avengers and the yankee was no other Danny Furious. Danny actually lives in my neighborhood here in Stockholm but ain´t got a clue how he looks or what his real name is nowadays.
Here´s the classic debut with the better looking crucifixion sleeve. How many where REALLY pressed? It shows up too often to be a press run of 500? Why did they change the sleeve for the second press?
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Dangerhouse
Format: 7″
Songs:
We Are The One.mp3
I Believe In Me.mp3
Car Crash.mp3
Maybe cause it’s not as rare as We got the Neutron Bomb it’s less talked about? Weirdos debut and in my opinion better then their proclaimed classic second release. It has one dull moment: Life of Crime but Destroy All Music has to be the best song I’ve heard with ‘em, including a dozens or so compilations with demos, outtakes etc. By the way, the sleeve has to be one of the greatest ever.
While it’s not as rare as We got… there’s a couple of different pressings around that Ryan/Break My Face tries to clarify:
http://www.breakmyface.com/ine/weirdosdestroy.html
Country: USA
Year: 1977
Label: Bomp!
Format: 7″
Songs:
Destroy All Music.mp3
A Life Of Crime.mp3
Why Do You Exist.mp3
